NSA revelations trigger a spike in '1984' sales

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(Christian Science Monitor) Oscar Wilde once said that “Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

Rarely has that proven more true than in recent weeks when revelations about the National Security Agency’s surveillance program has drawn countless comparisons to the police state depicted in George Orwell’s novel “1984."

In fact, so chilling are the parallels for many Americans that sales of the dystopian novel have skyrocketed following news of the government’s spying program.

As of Tuesday, Amazon sales of Orwell’s “1984” surged 6,021 percent in just 24 hours, according to NPR. .....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0611/NSA-revelations-trigger-a-spike-in-1984-sales

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1. actually someone said it was its 60th anniversary and a major publicity campaign was done on this

so its more due to the publicists

btw, the ironic triple delicious irony is=
people on amazon give up ALL their info.
One doesn't even have to put their CC in, as amazon already knows it if one bought before

Amazon has all names and numbers and culls and uses that
(because they give you a best match search telling YOU what YOU want 100% of the time.